Rail industry in the Centre-Loire valley region

THE
Rail industry
IN TH E C EN TRE-L O IRE VA L L EY REGIO N
6,423 jobs
116 companies
EUR 38 million in trade surplus
in 2012
Highly specialised in mechanical
engineering and metalworking
C OM PANIES WORKIN G SOLELY ON THE RAIL MARKET
COMPANY NAME
COUNTRY
ACTIVITY
37
651
FR
• Hi-tech rail equipment systems
• Ventilation, air conditioning, heating and safety systems for rail vehicles
• Driving aids and traction control for rail transport
• Design and manufacture of carriages/wagons and boilerwork
• Carriage/wagon servicing and repairs
• Carriage/wagon transformation/renovation/modification
18
118
CH
FR
Production of machinery for maintenance of tracks,
track motorcars and rail traction machinery, etc.
37
100
SDH FER
FR
Carriage/wagon building and repairs
45
49
BARAT SAINT-AIGNAN
FR
Doors and partitions for the rail industry
41
36
FR
Bodywork top and bottom fairings / Machined sections
for bodywork structure and upholstery
41
16
FAIVELEY TRANSPORT
TOURS
ATELIERS D’ORVAL
SOCOFER
BARAT PARAMET
DPT WORKFORCE
Source : BD Centréco/Direccte Centre
WELL REPRE SENTE D FORE IGN CAPITAL
WHOLE
INDUSTRY
FOREIGN
CAPITAL
SECTOR
PENETRATION RATE*
NUMBER
OF COMPANIES
116
6
5.2 %
NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES
6,423
573
8.9 %
Penetration rate*: proportion of jobs in the sector in foreign capital companies / jobs in the sector
Source : Centréco - 2014
TH E
Breakdown of companies
and worforces by department
RAIL INDUSTRY
IN THE CENTRE-LOIRE VALLEY REGION
PA R I S
EURE-ET-LOIR
WORKFORCES
TOTAL : 6,423
A1 0
CHARTRES
COMPANIES
TOTAL : 116
836
A1
18
1
A1 9
A
ORLEANS
947
1,417
A2
25
8
Several research units and other technology
platforms can provide industrial companies
with innovation support, including :
19
BLOIS
A7
TOURS
R&D
6
LOIRET
7
LOIR-ET-CHER
• Cetim-Certec, an accredited CRT
(Technological Resource Centre) by the French Ministry of
Higher Education and Research since March 2008,
has developed expertise in materials and offers support
for NF EN 15085 certification : "Railway applications Welding of railway vehicles and components".
• Ceroc (Study and Research Centre
on Cutting Tools) has developed expertise in characterising
and modelling surface and material behaviour
A85
INDREET-LOIRE
CHER
2,351
BOURGES
31
564
A10
INDRE
15
CHATEAUROUX
A7
1
308
A20
8
The competitiveness clusters in the Centre Loire Valley region
support rail sector companies in their innovative projects
• The competitiveness cluster Elastopôle, based in Orléans
(Loiret), is a key local area development stakeholder which
rallies together the industrial concerns in the rubber
and polymer sector as well as all of the stakeholders up- and
downstream, especially in the motor vehicle, aeronautics,
ship and rail domains.
• The S2E2 cluster (Tours, Indre-et-Loire) brings together
companies, research centres and training institutions in the
Centre, Limousin and Pays de la Loire regions. It lends its
expertise in terms of electrical energy technologies and smart
grids in the service of energy management.
Source : Centréco/Direccte Centre
M a i n cu s tomers i n 2012
30
POLAND
2.9
SWEDEN
MOROCCO
EGYPT
11
SPAIN
11.4
10
AUSTRIA
28.6
BELGIUM
ITALY
15
GREAT BRITAIN
20
GERMANY
25
IN MILLIONS EUROS
2.6
2.3
2
1.9
1.6
8
5
0
Break d own of s al ari ed jobs
p er b us i n ess s ect or
3.3%
4.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.8%
37%
6.9%
Mechanical parts
Design, manufacture
and maintenance
of rolling stock
Rubber parts
Fitting-out of carriages/wagons
11.6%
Electronic equipment
Electrical equipment
Plastic parts
Safety parts
16.5%
18.6%
Industrial IT
R&D
Agency for economic
development and
promotion of the
Centre-Loire Valley region
37 avenue de Paris
45000 Orléans - France
Tél : 33 (0) 238 799 540
Fax : 33 (0) 238 799 545
www.investinloirevalley.com
February 2016